My hope is that we can work
together to collaborate in your curriculum to build experiences that are rich
in digital resources, and have a differentiated approach through content,
product, and process. The libraries can offer an continually building
collection of physical and digital content, but more than that, my hope is that
we offer live support for both you and your students. Below, please
find a list and review of the resources that we have.
Content Resources
1. Our Destiny book
catalogs are both available at destiny.dasd.org. Did you know that
you can create resource lists for your students to access? This way you
can create lists that are specific to your course or even to a project to help
focus the students on what they should be accessing. You could also do a
“recommended reading” list for your course! I would be happy to support
you in the creation of resource lists or help you use the catalog. Also
within the catalog, you can perform searches that will access websites and *some*
of our database collection.
2. Our database collection includes Gale
Opposing Viewpoints, Gale Student
Resources in Context, Gale US History in Context, Gale World History in
Context, Gale Science in Context, JStor, and Power
Library (including EbscoHost and EbscoHost E-book collections).
a. Gale Databases- My personal bias is that I love these
databases. They are so student friendly and easy to use. They
provide access not only to journal articles, magazine articles, and newspaper
articles, but to audio, video, and web resources. Additionally, they
provide levels for their content so that you can match readers to
content. I love it! Student Resources in Context is the most
general database and provides a large amount of content across a wide scope of
curricular areas.
b.
JStor- Many of you
have probably used Jstor in the past. It is a more collegiate resource.
Make sure you log in to get the content! (All login information is
available on my West Library page on the West Website). This resource
provides peer reviewed journal material from a very wide array of academic
journals.
c.
Power
Library- EbscoHost is the most used database in Power Library. It, like
JStor, provides access to a wide array of sources but includes more
non-academic sources as well. Students can limit their search by peer
reviewed journals and linked full text to access content if desired. The
students cannot access Power Library at home without a public library card,
unfortunately. Another notable PL databases include EbscoHost Ebooks—a
wonderful resource of ebooks that we get for free (!). The problem with
this resource is that only one student may access a specific e-book at a time,
so be mindful of this point when planning. Take a moment to explore the
other PL resources to see how you can connect them to your content!
3. Ebooks- We do have some Follett
ebooks that are accessible through our Destiny interface.
These books are readable from any device with a browser.
Follett ebooks come in single user format and in simultaneous use format (many
students can use at one time). We can certainly get more of these if you
would like them to be added to our collection to fit your curriculum. You
can browse for them at www.titlewave.com.
4. Nooks- We also have library Nooks
that come preloaded with books and are lendable to the student
population.
Process Resources
1. Hardware—In the West library we have 30
laptops and 30 ipads for student use, in addition to the computer lab and
desktops in the library proper.
2. Nooks- We have 12 Nooks available
for circulation
3. EasyBib- You and your students all
have access to our EasyBib Pro subscription. The Coupon Code for West is
dhswest. This subscription allows students to set up their projects in
EasyBib and share their project with each other and with you. EasyBib
allows them to create and import citations in MLA and APA formats; analyze
their bibliographies for currency, validity, and diversity; create note cards
that are color coded, organizable, and allow for paraphrasing and commenting,
linking to sources; and an outlining tool. This also connects to
their Turn It In accounts and their Google Docs.
4. TurnItIn- You and your
students have access to turnitin.com, an anti-plagiarism software that screens
their work for plagiarism and allows for peer editing.
I hope you will be able to find
these resources helpful. I also hope that we will be able to work
together to collaborate on your projects so that I can be a support to both you
and your students at West. Let me know how we can work together!
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going on in West’s library land,
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(to be updated this month!)
Happy Searching!
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